FASCIST RIOTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1941, Page 5

FASCIST RIOTS

IN THE ISLE OF MAN CRITICISM OF BRITISH LENIENCY. NEED OF STRICTER CONTROL. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON. September 22. The riots by internees in the Isle of Man have resulted in strong criticism from a special correspondent of the “Daily Mail” concerning the whole of the British internment policy. The correspondent reveals that Germans and Italians constitute the majority of 900 U internees who have been released. "One only hopes,’ he says, "that too many are not being released. There seems to be a tendency to swing toward excessive leniency when not the faintest risk should be taken by liberating men who could aid the Germans in sabotage and confusion which would be in the forefront of invasion tactics. Tribunals are constantly sitting in the Isle of Man releasing internees, but new parties are arriving from the Dominions who now decline to establish tribunals and reconsign the internees to the Isle of Man for inquiry. “The 700 internees responsible tor the weekend riots include many of German and Italian extraction, who were interned with the British Fascists because they belonged to Sir Oswald Mosley’s union. They should be sent to German and Italian camps, where they would learn to behave. Their arrogant behaviour demands tough officers who will bear down heavily on such outrages as the wholesale switching on of lights at midnight which might be very useful to U-boats in the Irish Sea. Many residents say that the camps generally are insufficiently controlled. The internees receive excessive beer and food from visitors, in addition to the liberal rations. which exceed those of civilians in the blitzed areas.”